Latin Literature and Its Transmission

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This is a series of innovative studies in the textual and literary criticism of Latin literature, exploring how these two branches of the discipline a... Lees meer

Peasants and Slaves

Alessandro Launaro

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• The crisis of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an Empire have fascinated generations of scholars. It has long been assumed that a dramat... Lees meer

Menander, New Comedy and the Visual

Antonis K Petrides

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book argues that New Comedy has a far richer performance texture than has previously been recognised. Offering close readings of all the major pl... Lees meer

Euripidean Polemic

Neil T Croally

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• The book offers an interpretation of Euripides' The Trojan Women that issues from the argument that the function of Greek tragedy was to educate. The ... Lees meer

Athletes and Oracles

Catherine Morgan

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book studies the origins and development of cult practice at Olympia and Delphi, challenging many assumptions about the nature and role of the ar... Lees meer

Terence and the Language of Roman Comedy

Evangelos Karakasis

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book offers a comprehensive examination of the language of Roman comedy in general and that of Terence in particular. The study explores Terence'... Lees meer

Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia

Naoíse Mac Sweeney

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book examines foundation myths told about the Ionian cities during the archaic and classical periods. It uses these myths to explore the complex ... Lees meer

The Moods of Homeric Greek

Jo Willmott

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• Homeric Greek has a particularly rich system of moods which are analysed in this 2007 book in the light of theoretical interest in the semantic domain... Lees meer

The Woodwork of Greek Roofs

A Trevor Hodge

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• Originally published in 1960, Dr Hodge's study deals with the construction of the wooden parts of the roofing of classical Greek temples of the era 60... Lees meer

Latin Translation in the Renaissance

Paul Botley

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• Latin translations of Greek works have received much less attention than vernacular translations of classical works. This book examines the Latin tran... Lees meer

The Authenticity of Prometheus Bound

Mark Griffith

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• Prometheus Bound was accepted without question in antiquity as the work of Aeschylus, and most modern authorities endorse this ascription. But since t... Lees meer

Minoan Stone Vases

Peter Warren

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• A descriptive inventory, with numerous drawings and photographs, of more than 3,500 stone vases from the Minoan civilisation of ancient Crete. With fe... Lees meer

The Language of Sophocles

Felix Budelmann

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book is a wide-ranging study of the language of the tragedian Sophocles. From a detailed analysis of sentence structure in the first chapter, it ... Lees meer

Aristotle on Female Animals

Sophia M Connell

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• Aristotle's account of female nature has received mostly negative treatment, emphasising what he says females cannot do. Building on recent research, ... Lees meer

Reception in the Greco-Roman World

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• The embrace of reception theory has been one of the hallmarks of classical studies over the last 30 years. This volume builds on the critical insights... Lees meer

Colour and Meaning in Ancient Rome

Mark Bradley

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• The study of colour has become familiar territory in anthropology, linguistics, art history and archaeology. Classicists, however, have traditionally ... Lees meer

The Subversive Oratory of Andokides

Anna Missiou

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• By analyzing a selection of speeches of the Athenian orator Andokides and the decisions reached by his audience on each occasion, Dr. Missiou demonstr... Lees meer

Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity

Serafina Cuomo

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-centu... Lees meer

M. I. Finley

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• M. I. Finley (1912-86) was the most famous ancient historian of his generation. He was admired by his peers, and was Professor of Ancient History at t... Lees meer

Radical Platonism in Byzantium

Niketas Siniossoglou

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• Byzantium has recently attracted much attention, but principally among cultural, social and economic historians. This book shifts the focus to intelle... Lees meer

Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of pa... Lees meer

The Language of Sophocles

Felix Budelmann

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book is a wide-ranging study of the language of the tragedian Sophocles. From a detailed analysis of sentence structure in the first chapter, it ... Lees meer

Imagining Reperformance in Ancient Culture

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• This book offers a series of studies of the idea and practice of reperformance as it affects ancient lyric poetry and drama. Special attention is paid... Lees meer

Cicero on Politics and the Limits of Reason

Jed W Atkins

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Classical Studies
• A prolific philosopher who also held Rome's highest political office, Cicero was uniquely qualified to write on political philosophy. In this book Pro... Lees meer